Both Homer Simpson and Tim Allen took the stage during Fox's 2018 upfront broadcast presentation at the Beacon Theatre in New York City Monday - and the last man standing was actually the cartoon.
Dana Walden and Gary Newman, Chairmen and CEOs, Fox Television asked both the star of the longest-running scripted series in network history and the lead of the network's recently-announced revival of the ABC sitcom “Last Man Standing,” to say a few words, and while Homer killed it, Allen totally bombed. Well, one is animated to begin with.
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With Fox's presentation to advertisers in the books, we're officially done with Day 1 of the 2018 broadcast upfronts week.
Fox opened its Beacon Theatre show with ad sales chief Joe Marchese and closed with “The Four” judge Meghan Trainor - though there was plenty in-between. Oh yeah, and along the way, the broadcast net debuted trailers for new fall series “The Cool Kids,” “Rel,” and “Proven Innocent.”
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Fox Upfront Presentation Live Blog

Fox 's Upfront is about to start at The Beacon Theatre on the Upper West Side, where advertisers will celebrate the resuscitation of Tim Allen 's multi-cam comedy Last Man Standing , after it's untimely plowing under two seasons back by ABC.
But advertisers will most love the addition of Thursday Night Football to the New Fox.
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